Description
lspath in AIX 5.2, 5.3, and possibly earlier versions, does not drop privileges before processing the -f option, which allows local users to read one line of arbitrary files.
References
- IY67655 vendor-advisory
- ibm-aix-ispath-information-disclosure(19281) vdb-entry
- 20050210 IBM AIX lspath Local File Access Vulnerability third-party-advisory
- 14232 third-party-advisory
- 12513 vdb-entry
- IY67457 vendor-advisory